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Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) won FDA 510(k) clearance for its BD Veritor 10-minute diagnostic test for influenza A and B last month, amid rumors that the Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based company is ripe for buyout.
Veritor is the first rapid flu test with a digital readout, while older tests are slower, less accurate and more difficult to interpret, according to BD.
St. Jude Medical Inc. (NYSE:STJ) enrolled the first patient into its pan-European study of early interventions of irregular heartbeat.
St. Jude can enroll more than 3,000 patients across 200 centers in Europe, including locations in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
